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They’re playing this song at the Mexican restaurant across the streets from my hotel.

26 to 73 today

Because my flight isn’t until tomorrow morning. Whats cool is earlier I was doing 70 on 70 and the temperature was 70...

ABasin 4/10...day 6 of 6 Today began with temperatures in the mid 20s and sunshine...I pulled into the lot at ABasin at a leisurely 850am and I was fifth row or so right along the snow..got my ticket and was on the Black mountain express a few minutes after 9. I had to piss bad so first ducked into some woods and ended up on some bumps under the lift. They weren’t bad..up black mountain again to Lenawee and I took a screaming fast too to bottom groomer..up black hawk and Lenawee again then the rope tow to the back side. I skied groomed part of Montezuma bowl and then woods lower down was midway through safety break and dropped lighter in snow...doh..then went up Zuma chair and another screaming groomer down the front top to bottom. Not many people out today..then took Pali to the top and skied the same route I skied on the powder day Saturday..pretty much Pali face and the spine. Wide open not quite moguls not quite chowder..took Pali lift again and skied west wall which was trying to corn up down to mid mountain lodge. I had had a Bloody Mary with coors light 8 ounce then an IPA. No soft pretzels out yet so I settled on Doritos. Talked to bartender a little and he said he works Saturday to Tuesday so missed most of the Perd but will be out tomorrow getting the leftovers. Speaking of leftovers..people were traversing a mile down east wall to get a couple fresh turns...I guess not so crazy considering what we go through for the Perder. After my break I skied into the woods below mid mountain lodge and lighter was working again then went up Pali again skied west wall still trying to corn up not that warm but very sunny. Then took Lenawee to the top and did one final screamwer top to bottom..skied right back to my car. Some cool girls were parked next to me doing impromptu karaoke last song they did was straight out of Compton. Drove Loveland pass to 70 got $32 in gas near Denver then had chili’s. At chili’s saw the Hyatt place price dropped from $199 to $149 so I called them direct and got them to take off $10 more...now posted up on the fifth floor. Flight doesn’t leave until 1030am tomorrow so I can enjoy the free breakfast. Here’s a few pictures and I’ll post more later.

At Chili’s near the Denver airport. Haven’t booked a hotel yet. I have some tricks.

Last beer of the ski season. Ok gonna head out for some more runs on this Bluebird...

SallyCat you forgot to add 3/31 to your stats at Blue!!!

I skied 6 runs so far. Now beer and Bloody Mary time.

This year could be different. I'm fully anticipating arguments about how warm weather, blue skies and sunshine are terrible summer conditions. Maybe VTMark will remember his password.

It finally cleared up yesterday as well.

I went to Murphy’s for a third time last night. Had a French dip and three double jack and cokes..my legs were pretty sore yesterday after skiing now they feel good. Will be weird not having the powder panic today and not standing in line 20+ minutes for first chair surrounded by hoots and hollers. I haven’t booked room for tonight yet at Denver airport. The Hyatt place that I like is $199 which is out of my price range..best western plus where I’ve stayed before is $119..my flight home is at 1030AM and gets into Newark around 415PM..Eaf will probably say I’ll have to deal with rush hour traffic..better than getting in at midnight.

Yeah they were closed a lot of days during the season. I’m gonna end up with exactly half weekdays and half weekends this season unless Blue reopens for a bonus weekend. Toast ended up with half weekends and half weekdays..Atomic Jeff was also at half and half until that bonus pow day. Thanks everybody for helping to make this a great season. PASR is as good as ever. We have some new posters and some people who used to ski and ride a lot who are back in the scene...

Any chance they are going to reopen this weekend??

In an average week out west odds are it won’t snow or only snow a day or two. Conditions are most often chalky packed powder. I don’t think I’ve ever stayed at a resort out west. I always stay in towns typically for under $100 a night. Snow changes...I would venture to guess that the snow in the woods tomorrow will be much more winterlike than on the trails because the tree skiing is sheltered from the wind and the sun. At Jackson hole south facing terrain can be utter garbage conditions..refrozen crud while north facing terrain can have very nice snow. The great thing about most western resorts is that there are so many different exposures that you can ski around and find out what’s best. I go skiing out west for the variety of terrain...the 9 powder days I got out west this season were simply a nice bonus.

It could potentially snow then..odds are you’ll be in the typical spring cycle where it begins as refrozen hardpack in the morning before transitioning to corn snow and then mashed potatoes.

Snow changes...

From Abasin today

Here’s a video I found on YouTube from the 15 inch pow day at Copper 4/7. Good song.

If I hadn’t have met Eaf I would have thought he was a troll.

Anytime you get powder days on ski trips is luck...they groom the main blue and green trails at Loveland everyday..the day after a powder day I’ll likely ski a combination of groomers, trees and ungroomed terrain. I’ll likely be on my shiros again due to the chop. Why would I be screwed if the trails are their natural state..I’m not a one trick pony. Thanks for the questions Eaf they were fun to answer.

4/9..Loveland..day five of six Hey All, I’m back from the fourth powder day in a row. Friday was a rider of the storm day at ABasin with several inches new, Saturday was a foot+ new at Copper, yesterday was another foot new at ABasin and today was a foot new at Loveland. The drive to Loveland took a few extra minutes with 20 degree temperatures and h why snowfall at the Eisenhower tunnel. I parked around the 6th row at Loveland a little before 8am..booted up, bought ticket for $75 and got in line at chair 1. A couple dozen people in front of me in line. Was cool seeing people getting face shots from the get go. I skied a random mainly untracked blue to the ptarmigan lift..snow was light and dry..yet still pretty beefy...managed untracked right under the ptarmigan lift down to chair 6 had some of the days best fresh skiers left of or chair 6 up chair 6 again and over to chair 9 which had recently opened I don’t think it opened until 930. I had deep untracked in the woods and two fresh runs in a row right under the lift. The flats at the top scared people off but I had plenty of momentum and scored some face shots right under the lift then some nice patches of fresh lower down. So good had to repeat I would have done it a third time but by then it was pretty tracked out so had to start exploring. I made my way back to the middle some traverses and some untracked..only real nasty skiing was one pow section over some moguls and I sent a mini cliff without even barely realizing it. Made my way back to chair one and guy I was riding it just arrived around 11 and he said it looked incredible pointing at the chowder under the lift. I’m too much of a pow hound I needed those early fresh runs.. i did did a couple hot laps off chair one..skied the same woods twice because there was so much fresh..even skied up areas skied a lot nicer than the heavier snow or previous days. It was in the teens up high and 20s low..alternating between snow and sunshine and very windy above tree line. Fourth pow day in a row and my legs were screaming around lunchtime so I skied back to my car. Smoked for the fifth or six time of the day then drove down to Silverthorne and got Wendy’s..I’m tired..probably take a nap..go to Murphy’s a final time tonight. Tomorrow either ski ABasin or Loveland then drive down into Denver where the expected high temperature is 72 degrees pretty nuts considering I’ve needed to use my ice scrapper and snow brush 4 days in a row.

I love the title!!!! Where I am now!!!

Awesome skiing so far. 7 untracked runs so far at Loveland. Just my way back to chair one and people are saying today is the best pow day of the season. Not many pictures today not very good visibility. I skied from lift one over to lift 9 and back to lift one. In some woods near the top of lift one now. Pretty tracked out now and a lot of people still arriving.

Maybe we’ll get the new trail for next season

I guess it snowed a little overnight.